Maung Nu massacre

Maung Nu massacre
LocationMaung Nu, Rakhine State, Myanmar
Coordinates20°57′03″N 92°31′49″E / 20.9507808685303°N 92.5303802490234°E / 20.9507808685303; 92.5303802490234
Date27 August 2017
11:00 AM (UTC+6:30)
TargetRohingya Muslims
Attack type
Massacre
WeaponsMachine guns and knives
Deaths82 killed or missing
37 survivors
PerpetratorsMyanmar Army
(Battalion 564)
MotiveAnti-Rohingya sentiment, Islamophobia

The Maung Nu massacre was a mass-killing of Rohingya people by the Myanmar Army that reportedly happened in the village of Maung Nu (also known as Monu Para), in Rakhine State, Myanmar on 27 August 2017. In February 2018, video evidence emerged allegedly showing government-contracted workers bulldozing parts of Maung Nu, with visible body bags and corpses in the footage.